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Tomato- Red Brandywine Heirloom- Spring Pre-orders are Open
Tomato- Red Brandywine Heirloom- Spring Pre-orders are Open
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Pre-orders for Spring Tomato Plants (available Nov–Jan).
You must select a Ship Date when ordering. After choosing Plants/Seeds and Size, choose your Ship Date from the dropdown.
“Ships ASAP” means we have plants ready now and they will ship immediately.
We cannot hold ASAP orders for later shipping.
Scheduled ship dates are for future pre-order shipping only.
Tomato-Red Brandywine Heirloom
Solanum lycopersicum
Brandywine are flavorful, firm, juicy tomatoes with a thin skin, and can weigh up to 24 ounces. This indeterminate heirloom tomato is open pollinated and matures in 90 days. Named after Brandywine Creek in Chester, Pennsylvania, this tomato was thought extinct. However, the Hill family in Tennessee had been growing them for nearly the past century, and luckily shared their seeds with the appropriate people. Much like most old heirloom tomatoes, Brandywine sees more flowers on its branches, rather than on the main stem. If your plant is getting to tall, do not be afraid to cut the top off. Many older type tomatoes can be a bit tight with their pollen (more, bigger bees back then). Vibrating with an electric toothbrush may be necessary, unless you have a healthy population of bumble bees, carpenter bees, etc. Brandywine tomatoes need nighttime temperatures to be between 55 and 68 to set fruit.
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Days to germination |
3-14 days |
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Days to maturity |
90 days |
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Life cycle |
Annual |
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Plant time |
End of July to Early August and January |
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Spacing |
34-36 inches |
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Sun |
Full sun |
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Soil temperature |
55-68 F |
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Optimum soil P.H |
6.0 -6.5 this specie prefers slightly acidic |
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Height |
5-7 feet |
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Harvest |
Fall through to frost and Spring till it gets to hot |
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